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Chancellorsville definition

Chan·cel·lors·ville (c̸han′sə lərz vil′)

hamlet in NE Va. (now called Chancellor): site of a Civil War battle (May, 1863) won by Confederate forces

Etymology: after a local family name

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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